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From: Adrian on 19 May 2010 11:06 real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Even if, after several hours of TCP/IP theory and practice, the >> reference finally became clear, the humour would have been long since >> gone. > Umm - that's not how it works with me, as it happens. I'd enjoy the > joke hugely under those circumstances - particularly if it had taken me > ten or twenty hours of study over the course of a week or so to > understand the technical background adequately to get the joke. I mean, > come on! Someone puts *that* much effort in to learning what's needful > to get a silly throw-away joke? And you think that's not funny? > > Come on, it's screamingly funny, isn't it? Yes. But not in the way you mean.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 May 2010 11:08 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Even if, after several hours of TCP/IP theory and practice, the reference > > finally became clear, the humour would have been long since gone. > > It's a gentle satire on geekiness and traditional fireside stories. Really? I don't see it that way; it might be /your/ personal interpretation, but that's hardly the One True Answer, is it? > It > really doesn't need any detailed knowledge at all of ip address space. But Peter, you are totally wrong. Without that knowledge of IP address space, there is no joke at all. > Although the mouseover does, but that's another level down and again, is > gently hilarious with effectively no specialist knowledge at all. Totally unfunny to me, actually, because it's so absurd. And also totally meaningless unless you know what IP4 /is/. Yet again, you've got it badly wrong, Peter. [When a joke is funny due to being totally absurd, I find total absurdity funny. But the mouse-over text in this case was just plain stupid in my book.] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 May 2010 11:08 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ > > > > Good Lord. I don't know if that's incredibly sad or incredibly useful... > > Sad, I think. But harmless. And leaden. Funny, actually: very /very/ funny. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 19 May 2010 11:16 On 2010-05-19, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >> > > There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ >> > >> > Good Lord. I don't know if that's incredibly sad or incredibly useful... >> >> Sad, I think. But harmless. And leaden. > > Funny, actually: very /very/ funny. Now try to explain why... Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Richard Tobin on 19 May 2010 11:14
In article <1jiqxvh.1ank1o51y1898sN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >Without that knowledge of IP address space, there is no joke at all. I'm waiting for my daughter to ask me to explain today's XKCD. When she does, I'll tell her about the old scary story. But I won't tell her about the reserved IP blocks. Instead I'll get her to open System Preferences and see what her own IP address is ... -- Richard |